In 1905 Asta and her family come to east London. With her husband away on business, Asta keeps loneliness at bay by writing a diary. Over 70 years later these diaries are published and Asta's granddaughter unearths their buried secrets.
In 1905 Asta and her family come to east London. With her husband away on business, Asta keeps loneliness at bay by writing a diary. Over 70 years lat...
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy - a classic crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine 'Gripping, almost impossible to put down' Guardian 'One of the most frightening novels I have ever read ... Gerald Candless, the monster at the heart of the maze, is a marvellous creation' Amanda Craig, Express on Sunday When successful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and soon discovers that her perfect father was not all he appeared to be. That in fact he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But then, who was he? And...
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy - a classic crime novel by bestselling, prize-winning author Barbara Vine 'Gripping, almost impossible to put down' Guardian...
Jarvis lives in a crumbling schoolhouse over looking the tube line, compiling his obsessive history of the Underground. Other misfits are also drawn towards his house, Alice and Tom and Axel, whose deadly secret casts a shadow over all their lives.
Jarvis lives in a crumbling schoolhouse over looking the tube line, compiling his obsessive history of the Underground. Other misfits are also drawn t...